Flash Flood Watch for Sioux Falls Tonight and Thursday
The National Weather Service has issued a Flash Flood Watch for parts of South Dakota, Minnesota and Iowa that includes Sioux Falls. Heavy rain is expected late Wednesday night and through the day Thursday and may cause flooding.
FLOOD WATCH NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SIOUX FALLS SD 242 PM CDT WED JUN 10 2015 ...FLASH FLOOD WATCH IN EFFECT FROM 10 PM CDT THIS EVENING THROUGH THURSDAY EVENING... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SIOUX FALLS HAS ISSUED A * FLASH FLOOD WATCH FOR PORTIONS OF NORTHWEST IOWA...SOUTHWEST MINNESOTA AND SOUTH DAKOTA...INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING AREAS... IN NORTHWEST IOWA...CHEROKEE...CLAY IA...DICKINSON...LYON IA... O`BRIEN...OSCEOLA...PLYMOUTH AND SIOUX. IN SOUTHWEST MINNESOTA...COTTONWOOD...JACKSON...MURRAY...NOBLES... PIPESTONE AND ROCK. IN SOUTH DAKOTA...BON HOMME...CHARLES MIX...CLAY SD...DAVISON...DOUGLAS...HANSON...HUTCHINSON... LAKE...LINCOLN SD...MCCOOK...MINNEHAHA...MOODY...TURNER... UNION AND YANKTON. * FROM 10 PM CDT THIS EVENING THROUGH THURSDAY EVENING * RAIN AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL INCREASE IN COVERAGE OVERNIGHT AND CONTINUE THROUGH THURSDAY. THE RAIN WILL BE HEAVY AT TIMES WITH AMOUNTS OF 2 TO 4 INCHES POSSIBLE. THE HEAVIEST RAIN SHOULD COME TO AN END BY THURSDAY AFTERNOON. * AREA STREAMS...CREEKS AND RIVERS MAY CLIMB TO AND EXCEED BANKFULL. LOW WATER SPOTS WILL ALSO LIKELY FILL WITH WATER AND CAUSE POTENTIALLY DANGEROUS DRIVING CONDITIONS. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A FLASH FLOOD WATCH MEANS THAT CONDITIONS MAY DEVELOP THAT LEAD TO FLASH FLOODING. FLASH FLOODING IS A VERY DANGEROUS SITUATION. YOU SHOULD MONITOR LATER FORECASTS AND BE PREPARED TO TAKE ACTION SHOULD FLASH FLOOD WARNINGS BE ISSUED.